Armed attack targets the convoy of the Staff Gen. of the Taiz axis in Al-Turbah

The spokesman for the Taiz military axis, Col. Abdel Baset Al Bahr, said Wednesday that armed men ambushed the Axis chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Abdul Aziz al-Majidi in Al-Turbah area south of Taiz,.

In a press release posted on his Facebook page, Al Bahr added that the gunmen attacked al-Majidi, the commander of the 170 Air Defense brigade, and clashed with his escorts at a military checkpoint in the Al-Bayrin – Al Nashmah area, on the road linking Al-Turbah and the city of Taiz.

He said the gunmen, who had a military armored vehicle in the ambush, fired at al-Majidi convoy, and that limited clashes occurred without causing casualties.

He said that the incident had been carried out "in the light of the continued request of the Security Committee and the Al-Khayami agreement Committee to quickly remove the military points created by each brigade and to oblige the official military points to take legal action in carrying out its tasks".